SUMMARY

• 6 Years’ experience in System Administration/Implementation of Networks and Application Packaging on Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows 2000
• Good experience in XP and Vista rollout project using Wise Package Studio and InstallShield Admin Studio.
• Solid experience in requirement gathering, application documentation, application packaging, testing and deploying applications, and project management.
• Good Experience in automating the applications for software distribution using SMS Installer, SCCM2007, PC Refresh, Installshield Admin Studio 5.x/6.x,Softgrid 4.x, APP - V 4.5/4.6.
• Extensive experience in deploying clients, Managing Software Packages, Software distribution and software metering in an SMS 2003 environment.
• Good Experience with Debugging Tools like File-Mon, Reg-Mon and IN-Control
• Created (.MSI), and made transforms (MST’s) to meet different requirements of organizations and various departments and worked with Patches (MSP’s). Worked on various unattended install methods like silent install using Installshield Admin, SMS Installer and Perl/C Scripting
• Worked Extensively on Custom Actions
• Used VB Scripts, WMI Scripts to customize the applications
• Familiar with debugging tools like Orca, FILEMON, REGMON, Setup Quality Tool, Functional testing, Performance testing, UAT testing
• Experience in APP-V supported 32 bit and 64 bit applications
• Experienced in implementing Mail servers, DNS Server, DHCP Server, conversant with implementation, configuration and management of Web-Servers
• Good Knowledge of Windows Registry, File System, Services, Devices, Security.
• Possess excellent organizational, communication, customer service prioritization and documentation skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Creating packages using Admin Studio 10.5.
• Creating virtualized packages using Thinapp4.6.
• Using OSD (Deployment tool by PLA) to keep track of the applications to be packaged and to be deployed.
• Opening tickets with the Thinapp support team for assistance with the applications which could not be thinapped and working with them to resolve the issue.
• Collecting the information regarding the functionality of the applications from the end users before packaging the application.
• Helping the users in resolving the issues after the packages have been deployed in windows 7 machines.
• Creating MSI’s for the .exe files and creating MST’s for the vendor MSI’s.
• Writing scripts using SMS installer for custom installation of the applications.
• Writing custom actions with in the MST for changing the behavior of installation according to the end users requirement.
• Writing VBscripts and AutoIT scripts for custom or silent installation of the applications.
• Troubleshooting the MST’s and Thinapped packages.
• Worked from Repackaging of the application to the User Testing of the application after pushed to production server through SCCM.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Repackage application using the latest Admin Studio 10.5
• MSI conflict resolution and ICE validation using Orca.
• Managed the migration of applications from XP to Windows 7.
• Made use of the XMET and APPRAT Databases for updating and documenting on the application.
• Troubleshooting the Vendor MSI’s by creating MST’s.
• Understanding the applications using tools like procmon, regmon, regshot and also using the tools like SMS installer for scripting
• Duties include scripting, silent installs, software/hardware resolution; bug patching, registry analysis, conflict resolution, as well as implementing standards and procedures for creating .MSI/MST packages and repackaging applications.
• Created MSI packages using Transforms (MST), Merge Modules (MSM), and Patches (MSP) according to the package requirement.
• Complete end to end application deployment including detailed repackaging documentation, design review process, customer interface, testing and follow up on deployment.
• Used WARLOCK tools from IBM to create advertisements and deploy the application.
• Interacted with the Support Contacts for deployed packages for the issues.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Creating Windows Installer setup packages (.MSI) using Wise Package Studio 7.0
• Working on Wise Package Studio to take the snapshot of the pre-install and post-install and capture the changes
• Repackage applications with Wise Package Studio and included validation, debugging and user testing.
• Provided packages for Delivery Using wise Package Studio for companywide Windows XP and Windows 7.
• Creating Scripts using Win batch studio to attain different requirements like automatic update of the applications, shortcut creation and deletion and compile them using Win batch compiler to get the .exe files for easy deployment
• Worked on .REG files like creating/merging, debugging the invalid entries and working with existing Registry using VB Scripts etc..
• Testing and qualifying an application or update on existing Functional testing, Performance testing, UAT testing
• Application virtualization for Windows 7 Deployment
• Application virtualization/Sequencing using App-V4SP1 for Windows 7
• Worked on SMS 2003 to Deploy Applications
• Using tools like Orca to directly edit the MSI/ Validating the MSI
• Interacting with Users/Application contacts for Application Packaging/Distribution support for the implemented packages

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Software Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Install shield AdminStudio 7.5 Professional to repackage, build the application packages
• Created MSI packages using Transforms (MST), Merge Modules (MSM), and Patches (MSP) according to the package requirement.
• Worked with Norton Ghost, VMWare Workstation 5.0 for Packaging and Testing, Used VB Scripts, WMI for Custom actions
• Performed Quality Control for packages created by Packagers to see if they meet all requirements and standards.
• Worked with End Users to pre-Test applications and to make further changes when needed.
• Performed Conflict Resolution for packages created by Packagers to see if they have conflicts with other applications and Operating system.
• Worked on SMS installer to deploy applications.
• Responsible for Creating Windows Installer setup packages (.MSI) using InstallShield AdminStudio 7.5 for Windows XP, Terminal Server 2003 rollout.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Creating/Testing new Application Packages in MSI format
• Worked on Wise Package Studio 5.5 Professional to repackage, build the application packages
• Interacting with Users/Application owners for Application Packaging/Distribution support for the implemented packages
• Worked on application deployment using Windows Active Directory and implemented Group Policies
• Worked with Windows registries and file system, worked with ODBC Data Sources registries to connect to a database
• Worked on Various applications to build MSI packages and using Transforms (MST), Patches (MSP) according to the package requirement, Also working on Silent Installs for certain application to automate them for software distribution
• Worked with VMware Workstation for Windows XP Professional/Windows NT 4.0 to test the packages and other related tasks for package building
• Developed the backup strategy and taking the backups on windows
• Wrote Custom actions in W Script, VBScript

Confidential, IL

Software Packaging Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Windows Installer setup packages (MSI’s) and modified the MSI’s as per the standards, using Wise Packaging Studio 4.6
• Created MSI’s in a locked down environment and set permissions on files and registry keys for user access
• Created MST’s for both the in-house applications and vendor MSI’s to modify and package them as per the organizations packaging procedure manual
• Writing and applying various custom actions that need to perform specific tasks for, during and after installations
• Imported the application packages into the software database and performed conflict resolution using the Conflict Manager tool
• Interacted with Users and Application Owners for gathering information required for Application Packaging
• Conducted peer review and pre-quality control on MSI’s created by team members and final quality checks before releasing to testing.